AMD Radeon RX Vega Mobile vs AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
AMD Radeon RX Vega Mobile
► remove from comparisonThe AMD Radeon Vega Mobile is a dedicated graphics card for laptops. It most likely uses the same chip as the Kaby-Lake-G graphics part. Rumors currently speak of 28 CUs (= 1792 shaders) instead of the 24 CUs in the Kaby-Lake-G top model. The clock speed should be also around 1 GHz. As graphics memory, the GPU most likely also uses 4 GB HMB2.
The Vega architecture offers some improvements over the Polaris generation and now supports DirectX 12 Feature Level 12_1. More information is available in our dedicated article about the Raven Ridge architecture.
The power consumption should be similar to the Kaby-Lake-G chips (altough this may be more efficient due to power sharing and distribution). The Kaby-Lake-G is rated at 100 Watt including a 35-45 Watt processor.
The Radeon Vega Mobile was announced one day before CES at a press event by Lisa Su.
AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL
► remove from comparisonThe AMD Radeon WX Vega M GL is an integrated GPU in the slower Intel Kaby-Lake-G SoC. It combines a Kaby-Lake processor, a Vega graphics card and 4 GB HBM2 memory on a single package. The graphics card offers 20 CUs (1280 shaders) and is clocked from 931 - 1011 MHz. It is technically identical to the consumer Radeon RX Vega M GL. The AMD Radeon Pro (formerly known as FirePro) is the counterpart to the Quadro series from Nvidia and offers certified drivers for professional 3D applications (CAD and DCC).
Currently it looks like the GPU is a mixture of Polaris (Shaders?) and Vega (HBM memory controller at least). E.g. the graphics card is called Polaris 22 internally. Detailed information on the Vega architecture can be found in our dedicated article about the Raven Ridge architecture.
The performance of the Vega M GL should be between the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 and 1050 Ti.
The power consumption should be quite similar to a dedicated Vega Mobile GPU, but due to the small form factor, smaller laptops can be built with the Kaby-Lake-G SoC. The TDP is specified at 65 Watt for the whole package including GPU, CPU and HBM2 memory.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
► remove from comparisonThe AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 is an integrated GPU for laptops. It is used for the entry level Athlon Silver 3050U APUs, which were launched in early 2020. The GPU is based on the Vega architecture (5th generation GCN) and has 2 CUs (= 128 of the 704 shaders) clocked at up to 1100 MHz. The performance depends on the configured TDP (12-25 W at launch), the clocks, the cooling, and the memory configuration). The GPU should benefit from fast dual-channel DDR4-2400 RAM (contrary to DDR4-2133 single-channel, which is also possible).
The Vega architecture offers some improvements over the Polaris generation and now supports DirectX 12 Feature Level 12_1. More information is available in our dedicated article about the Raven Ridge architecture.
The performance should be clearly lower than the Radeon RX Vega 3 with 3 CUs and therefore in the lowest performance region of modern GPUs. That means, demanding current games may not be playable fluently.
Thanks to the 12nm process and clever power-saving features, the power consumption is comparatively low (according to AMD), so the graphics card can also be used for slim and light notebooks.
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Codename | Vega Mobile | Vega Kaby Lake-G | Vega Raven Ridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | Vega | Vega | Vega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 1792 - unified | 1280 - unified | 128 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bus Width | 2048 Bit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Type | HBM2 | HBM2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Max. Amount of Memory | 4 GB | 4 GB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | no | no | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
API | DirectX 12_1 | DirectX 12_1 | DirectX 12_1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power Consumption | 90 Watt | 65 Watt | 15 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
technology | 14 nm | 14 nm | 12 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notebook Size | medium sized | medium sized | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 07.01.2018 | 07.01.2018 | 07.01.2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Speed | 931 - 1011 (Boost) MHz | 1100 (Boost) MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features | Tiled Rasterization, Shared Memory (up to Dual-Channel DDR4-2400) | Tiled Rasterization, Shared Memory (up to Dual-Channel DDR4-2400) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transistors | 4.5 Billion |
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